Month: April 2013
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Rising star Alexander Graham may turn down Barcelona berth to concentrate on junior worlds
Read Herald Sun Qualifying for an Australian swim team at 18 is the dream that Alexander Graham is contemplating turning down. The talented Melbourne teenager celebrated his 18th birthday on Sunday night with a fifth place finish in the 200m freestyle final in 1:47.23, fast enough to secure a position on his first senior national…
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CC photo #486: Me and Alex at the Budapest 2010 Europeans
Me and Alexander Dale Oen at the LEN 2010 European Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, the day after he had won the men’s 100 breaststroke in a new championship record of 59.20. Today is one year since his passing.
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Instabeat raises $21K in 12 days, two thirds there with 49 days left
Instabeat‘s funding campaign on Indiegogo is going so well that inventor Hind Hobeika and her team are starting to think that they should have had a higher goal. As of this moment $21,321 of 35,000 goal with 49 days to go. See also this feature on Gizmag yesterday and this one on Ãœbergizmo.
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Craig Lord and team move on to SwimVortex.com
On April 25, Craig Lord and team officially moved on to SwimVortex.com, in their own words because of the estate after SwimNews founder Nick Thierry being unsettled: At the time Nick passed away in October last year after suffering a stroke, he had been looking forward to seeing the latest plans for a new look…
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Kirsty Coventry mugged in Harare, on antiretroviral medication now
According to Kirsty Coventry herself on Facebook After landing in Harare on Saturday night, 4 to 5 men smashed the back window of our vehicle in an attempt to steal our luggage. My sister and I were sitting behind my fiancé and her husband, who was driving. My sister grabbed my 2yr old niece and…
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Teesside University: Aimee Willmott
Olympic swimmer Aimee Willmott is studying BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise (Coaching Science) and is also on the elite athlete scheme. http://youtu.be/s-WoXgIzF-c